university exactly investigates what he knew and when he knew about zach smith. smith was served a civil protection order last mon prohibiting him from going within 50 feet of his ex-wife courtney smith. listen to how courtney smith describes the 2015 alleged domestic violence incident. >> he came home, he came to my home. he wasn't happy. he got into an argument. he decided he wanted to take my son. it wasn't his night. his parenting night. and i, obviously, fought back not physically but no you're not going take him, it's my night. there needs to be boundsryes. and when i stood up to him he didn't like it and took me and shoved me up against the wall with his hands around my neck. something very often. my daughter was clinging to my leg and he, obviously, registered with him what he was doing so he took my son and left and i called the police. >> courtney smith also says that she told coach meyer's wife shelly about this alleged abuse. >> very sympathic. supportive. caring. you know, why didn't you do something about this before was her first question? i explained to her just as i did to you, it's scary. you know, people who are being abused just don't pick up and leave right away.

wrist? >> oh, i think so. but worse than that, how do you think courtney smith, the victim of the domestic violence, is feeling about now to hear that urban meyer got a three-game suspension for mishandling, you know, what to her was the trauma of her life? >> and to be clear, courtney smith, married to zach smith, who vehemently denied he abused his wife. zach smith is the assistant coach under urban meyer. we should note zach smith has not been charged with domestic violence. but reportedly his wife shows the pictures of the abuse to urban meyer's wife rchts we. >> well, there were photographs and text messaging between urban meyer's wire and courtney smith. interestingly enough, urban meyer deleted all of his text messages prior to one year ago. so there is no way of knowing what he ever received. that was in the 23-page report that ohio state produced when evaluating what to give him as a penalty here. so it doesn't look great. at a minimum it looks like there was an attempt at a cover-up on urban meyer's part to delete those text messages. >> to you think if this was a lesser

filed for a rdetraining orie in an intervavailable on watchstadium.com, courtney smith says the abuse began while smith was a grad assistant for urban meyer in florida back in 2009. >> he picked me up by my shirt and threw me up against the wall. >> a columbus affiliys that meyer helped counsel them during their marriage. meyer will remain on leave until the investigation is complete. >>> want to show you new video this morning of what some are calling the miracle in mexico. a plane was plunging to the ground and burst into flames and everybody made it out alive. we're going to see what was happening inside the cabin of that plane as it went wn. this may be disturbing forome. this an a flight that had just taken off in bad weather. eda passenger onboard recohe moment the plane started its freefall. ngyou can hear babies cryi, passengers screaming, everybody terrified here. the plane smacked into the ground, bellydown, just beyond the runway. more tha100 people, including the crew, had just seconds to escape before the jet burst into flames. one passenger from thego chi area spok

smith the benefit of the doubt. >> there were three apologize to buckeye nation and zero to courtney smith. the athletic director suspended without pay until september 16th. zach smith's ex-wife accused him of abuse and domestic violence in 2009 and 2015. he was fired on july 23rd. zach smith's attorney says his client should not have married courtney smith, adding, vengeance resulted in collateral damage to meyer and gene smith and osu. >>> and asking for an official state department investigation because quote, south african government is now seizing land from white farmers. that came 90 minutes after the fox news segment on the topic. david mckenzie is live to explain what the heck is going on. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. let's start with the fact check on the fox report and the tweet from president trump. no, farms are not seized in the manner they describe and the constitution is not changed. there is a discussion about that. farm murders is a real hot button topic including for white nationalists globe globally. farm murders are down historically in th

management action. meyer offered this response. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> i have a message for everyone involved in this. i'm sorry we're in this situation. i'm just sorry we're in this situation. >> failure to acknowledge her directly has also gained heat for him. meyer admitted he knew about a 2009 abuse allegation made by smith's ex-wife but he was not aware of a 2015 incident until last month. zach smith denied the abuse allegations. he was fired from the team in july. smith's attorney told cnn his client should not have married courtney smith adding vengeance against her ex-husband resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and the ohio state university. a federal investigation is being pursued into ohio state's response to allegations of sexual abuse against a former athletic doctor. the long awaited, much anticipated head to head match play showdown between tiger woods and phil mickelson is on. it's for high stakes. the grand prize is for a whopping $9 million. winner taking all. they are billing this like a heavyweight title fight in boxing. yo

smith the benefit of the doubt. >> athletic director gene smith is suspended without pay. courtney smith, accused her ex-husband in 2009 and 2015. he was fired july 23rd. zach smith's attorney said zach smith should not have married courtney smith. as far as i can tell, there is no apology in there to her. >> three an popologies to bucke nation. >>> the iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in mollie tibbetts' killing says he got the job by using a false identification. christian rivera was cleared to work for the farm through the government's e-verify vetting. the farm now says they made a mistake. thinking social security veri verification and homeland security system is the same. they are not. >> all of us are saddened by the tragic death of mollie and the realization that one of our coworkers was involved. >> they said they employed outside help to make sure they were in compliance with the law and workers were legal. that is clearly not true. an hour earlier, rivera was arraigned in the murder. members at the university gathered for a vigil. her family railroeleased a stat

every police who ever responded to ms. smith's calls. last month a judge granted courtney smith a restraining order for domestic violence protection. meyer addressed this last week after smith was fired. >> i was never told about anything. never anything that came to light. i never had a conversation about it. so i know nothing about that. >> reporter: in a statement, meyer said i agree being on leave during this injury will facilitate its completion. on the walls of ohio state's athletic center, meyer's motto including the words, "treat women with respect." courtney smith wishes he'd followed his own advice. >> i hope that in the future he never, or ever turns his head away again. >> we will be right back. photoba lot right now on social media. it )s an illinois couple .. >>> look at this wedding picture. doesn't the bride look beautiful? you're looking at the dog, not the bride. shared over social media. the illinois couple here getting married last week in montana and their dog boone took over the show. what a bad ring bearer. >> that's what it is. living it up there. temperatu

apologizing to the alleged victim, courtney smith. others saying the school's decision makes it clear thatt prioritizes its successful team and coach over anything else. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: suspended without pay for three games, legendary football coach urban meyer sidelined by leaders at ohio state. and i want to apologize to buckeye nation.or >> rr: in a 23-page report investigators determined meyer was aware of 2015 domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach zach smith. and failed to report them to the university. >> i fell short in pursuing full information because at each juncture i gave zach smith the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: smith's ex-wife, courtney, says she sent photos of the alleged abuse to meyer's wife, shelley. zach smith denies the allegations. the investigation determined mer made false statements. >> i was never told about >> reporter: when questioned about his knowledge of the 2015 allegations. >> while those denials wereot plainlyaccurate, coach meyer did not in our view deliberately lie. >> reporter: with meyer f

he knew, and instead, he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: courtney smith says for years, her ex-husband, ohio state assistant football coach, zach smith, physically abused her, and believes his boss, legendary head coach, urban meyer, knew about it and did nothing. meyer, put on paid leave, after text messages and photos surfaced, raising the possibility that he knew about the domestic violence accusations three years ago and didn't report them. smith says she filed multiple police reports, including one in 2009 that reads in part "the defendant grabbed the victim by her t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the victim is pregnant with the defendant's child." but smith didn't press charges against her then husband. she spoke with watchstadium.com earlier this week. >> i was pressured by his family and urban meyer's attorney. i was basically told, if you don't drop the charges, he's never going to coach again, and he's never hit you before. >> reporter: in 2015, smith says she texted photos of her bruised and bloodied body to meyer's wife, shelley, who al

ever responded to miss smith's calls. last month a judge granted courtney smith a restraining order against her ex-husband. he addressed the allegations last week. >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. i know nothing about that. >> reporter: in atatement he said i agree being on leave will facilitate its completion. theluotto ing the words treat women with respect. courtney smith says sheis whes he would follow his own advice. >> i hope that in the future he never, ever turns his head away again. >> that was morgan radford reporting. meyer has a 7.6 million dollar year contract. it requires him to report any olation in the school police conduct policy. the ath letices department says the university is committed to supporting our stude athletes as they prepare for the upcoming se messiahic. -- semester. stadium.atch >>> police in costarica caut a narco submarine filled with 4,000 pounds of cocaine. in the past ten daysri autes have seized more than 13,000 pounds of illegal drugs. >>> it's supposed to be dairy free. recalling nearl 150,000 half gallo

granted courtney smith a restraining order against her ex-husband for domestic violence protection. meyer addressed the accusations of abuse from 2015 last weekr af smith was fired. >> i was never told about ything. there was never anything came to light. i never had a conversation about it. sobo i know nothing that. >> reporter: in a statement, meyer said, "i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion." on the walls of ohio state's athletic center, meyer'scl mott ing the words "treat women with respect." courtney smith says she wishes he'd followed his own advice. >> i hope that in the future he never, ever, ever turns his head away again. >> so, morgan, i guess the question is what is the future of urban meyer? do you think that his job's in ? jeopar >> reporter: well, hoda, according to his $7.6 million-per-year contract, he's actually required to report breach of the university's code but that uct policy, means he could stand to lose his job. meantime, the athletics department says "the university is committed topo sing our student athletes as

incident with the smiths in 2009, but did not know a 2015 allegation. >> courtney smith told meyer's wife about it and she believes the head coach also knew. here is what she told the sports stadium network about the alleged 2015 abuse. >> came to my home. he wasn't happy. we got into an argument. when i stood up to him, he didn't like it and took me and shoved his hands up against me up against the wall. my daughter was clinging to my leg. he obviously -- it registered with him what he was doing. he took my son and left. >> you can watch the full interview at watchstadium.com. urban meyer says he and the athletic director agree being on leave during the investigation will facilitate the completion. zach smith's attorney says once he get a chance to tell his side, it will be corroborated by police. >> this is a man that could be probably elected governor in the state of ohio tomorrow. this is the most prominent person in the state. >> the second highest paid football coach in the country. >> you know him personally. >> i do. urban meyer has been a man of upstanding character. the tho

mismanaging allegations that former assistant coach zach smith abused his now ex-wife courtney. investigators determined that meyer and the athletic director failed to report the claims and seemed to misunderstand their obligation to tell the university about accusations of domestic violence involving players or staff. >> i have huge regret for my inability to be the effective leader i should have been in this situation. >> reporter: urban meyer fired zach smith last month after his ex-wife was granted a domestic violence protective order against him. >> was never told about anything. never anything came to light. never had a conversation about it.bout a 2015 incident. smith allegedly abused his then wife. the investigation determined he did, but his, quote, significant misstatements were not part of a deliberate cover-up effort. >> i do believe he knew, and instead he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: courtney smith told the sports news site stadium that she informed urban meyer's wife shelley about the abuse and expected her to tell the coach. >> i believe the coach, alo

are between courtney smith and the wives of other coaches including meyer's wife discussing the alleged abuse. he says the text indicate coach meyer had knowledge of the situation. nbc news has not seen or verified those texts. the university said in a statement, it is conducting an investigation into these allegations. adding, we are folk used on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. >>> meyer also issued a statement saying athletic director gene smith and i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. i eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter. >> after waiting more than 60 years, some families of fallen soldiers who never returned from the korean war may finally have some closure. in a solemn ceremony u.s. military officials escorted 55 cases of presumed u.s. remains draped in american flags at hanger joint base. vice-president pence was there to welcome them and called this home coming the beginning. >> today begins a new season of hope for the families of our missing fallen and we pledg

smith who was recently fired after reports his ex-wife courtney was granted a domestic violence order of protection against him. independentalist brett mcmurphy reports he obtained text messas from 2015. they are between courtney smith and the wives of other coaches ' including me wife discussing the alleged abuse. he sics the text ie coach meyer had knowledge of the situation. nbc news has not seen or verified those rsxts. the uniy said in a statement, it is conducting an investigation into these allegations. adding, we are folk used on supporting our players and on getting to the truth asou expediy as possible. >>> meyer also issued a statement saying athletic director gene smith and i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facitate its completion. i eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter. >> after wting more than 60 years, some families of fallen soldiers who never returned from the korean war may finally have some closure. in a solemn ceremony u.s. militaryfficials escorted 55 cases of presumed u.s. remains draped in american flags at hanger joint base. vic

courtney smith? >> i do believe he knew and instead he chose to help the watchstadium.com smith filed multiple police reports including this one. the defendant grabbed the victim by her t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the victim is pregnant with the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with meyer's wife shelly. nbc news has not verified those messages. >> she said she was going to have to tell irvin. i said that's fine, you know. you should tell irvin. >> reporter: meyer who fired smith last week -- >> i was never told about anything. >> reporter: -- says in a statement i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. zack smith's attorney says he wants to be as transparent and honest assmit has not been a crime. under meyer's $7.6 million a year contract he's required to report any violation of ohio state sexual misconduct policy. failure to do so could cost him his job. facing a blitz of pressure ohio state's football coach side lined. miguel almagar, nbc news. >>> for the third straight season the defe

issue dr know of abuse allegations against assistant coach zack smith involving ex-wife courtney smith. >> i do believe he knew and instead he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: speaking to watch stadium.com, smith filed multiple police reports including this one, the defendan grabbed the victim by her t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the was pregnant with the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with myers's wife shelly. nbc news has not verified t

interview available on watchstadium.com, courtney smith says theeg abuse ban while smith was ad g assistant for urban meyer in 2009. >> he picked me up b my shirt and threw me best the wall. >> a columbus affiliilfiliate s that meyer helped counsel them during their dispute. >>> a plane was plunging to the ground and burst into flames and everybody made it out alive. for somebe disturbin to watch. the flight had jt taken off in bad weather. thessenger onboard recorded moment the plane started its freefall. you can hear tthrified people. plane smacked into the ground, bellydown, just beyond the runway. more than 100 peopledi i the crew, had just seconds to get out before the jet burst intoflames. there was one passenger who show about "today" the moment of impact. >> we were bracing for impact. once the actual plane shldpped, we cee the flames on either side of the engine because we hit the ground and kind of rolled. not rolled but skidded. it's just a t blessingt i'm here to tell the story. >> that's the truth. we know about85 people had minor injuries. officials in durangdurango, mex says

,llegations made by smith's now-ex-wife, courtney, in 2015, and that meyer handled it hoperly. .> i don't think it's his job to investigate, to ask questions, to talk to her. >> reporter: meyer first denied ty knowledge of the 2015 abuse allegations to reporters in y.ly. e> i got a text late last night that something happened in 2015, and there was nothing, unless, once again, there's nothing-- once again, i don't know who n aates a story like that. h reporter: but in a statement on twitter friday, he appeared to acknowledge that he had iown, saying, "i deeply regret if i have failed in my words. lwre is the truth. hhave always followed proper reporting protocols and procedures when i have learned oa an incident involving a student-athlete, coach, or member of our staff by elevating the issues to the proper channels, and i did so regarding the zach smith incident in ."15." ort if or when meyer reported the incident to the athletic director or other university officials is unclear. >> he took me and shoved me up against the wall with his hands around my neck, something he did very often. >

the victim. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> well, i have a message for everyone involved in this, ui'm sorry we're in this situation. i'm just sorry we're in this situation. >> so he would not use her name. that's what has a lot of people upset about this morning. meyer said he knew about a 2009 allegation made about smith's wife, but he was not aware of a 2015 incident until last month. zack smith has the denied the abuse allegations. he was fired from the team in july. smith's attorney told cnn that his client should not have married courtney smith adding, quote, vengeance against her ex-husband resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, athletic director gene smith, and the ohio state university. so the reason two weeks, he's suspended three weeks, he can come back those final two. you know this, that means nothing. he's not there to coach the games, that doesn't matter, because he can coach them up, you know? so that's another reason that this whole thing seems really poorly handled. >> he's there for all the game plans, he's probably watching, and who kno

procedures when he was aware of the allegations courtney smith was making against her then husband, his assistant coach. urban meyer is a husband. he's a father of two daughters. he's a leader of young men. and he's recognizing how he's been portrayed since the story broke. and that's as a man who was indifferent to domestic violence. who allow ed this behasslvior t on. he issued a strongly worded statement on twitter yesterday, in which he said here's the truth. while at the university of florida and now at the ohio state university, i have always followed proper reporting protocol procedures. my elevating the issues to the proper channels. i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. i take that responsibility very seriously. any suggestion to the contrary is simply false. so now i think the question broadens to not just what did urban meyer know and when but what did the university know, what did the athletic director know and what actions did they take, fred. >> and where are we in this ohio state university investigation, in what phase? >> this investigation is focused

titles, including one at ohio state. courtney smith says the abuse by her husband zach, an assistant to meyer, lasted for years. and she claims the head coach knew and wants him to be held accountable. >> i do believe he knew, and instead, he chose to help the abuser and enable the abuser. >> reporter: in an interview with sports news site stadium, courtney smith recounted years of alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband zach. >> he took me and shoved me up against the wall, hands around my neck. >> smith told urban meyer's wife shelley about that in 2015. in text messages obtained by brets mcmurphy, shelley meyer allegedly wrote, just want you to be safe. do you have a restraining order? he scares me. >> shelley was going to have to tell urban. she was going to have to tell urban. i said that's fine. you should tell urban. this -- we can't have somebody like this coaching young men. >> reporter: smith doesn't know if shelley ever did tell her husband. >> i was never told about anything. never anything came to light. never had a conversation about it. >> reporter: meyer says he did

, meyer didn't seem apologetic and he never specifically apologized to courtney smith, the wife of meyer's former assistant coach, zach smith, who was accused of domestic violence. well, meyer trying to make up for that mistake, apologizing in a statement posted on twitter last night, saying in part, "my words and demeanor on wednesday did not show how seriously i take relationship violence. i sincerely apologize. i understand my lack of more action in the situation has raised concerns about this commitment. let me say here and now what i should have said on wednesday, i sincerely apologize to courtney smith and her children for what they have gone through." buckeyes will open their season without meyer a week from today. college football season actually kicks off later on tonight. >>> all right, pro bowl tight end julius thomas says he's retiring from football to pursue a ph.d in psychology, specifically to study degenerative brain disease cte, telling "the player's tribune" he will focus on investigating the effects of contact sports on brain trauma and neurobehavioral performanc

mention the victim's name, courtney smith, he was asked specifically about her, said he felt sorry for everyone involved. just an incredibly poor performance, alisyn, by a man in 2018 who should know better and be very lucky today he kept his job. >> let's play that moment that you and so many people felt was really insensitive in terms of his response in terms of who he should apologize to you. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> well, i have a message for everyone involved in this, i'm sorry we're in this situation. i'm just sorry we here in this situation. >> he's sorry they're in this situation as though he has no culpability. >> he has a lot of culpability. he's the man in charge. urban mier is one of the most sanctimonius people in sports. he has said with college basketball coaches if they used an illegal second cell phone to make phone calls to recruits that they should be fired. he has never shied away from giving his opinion about harsh punishment for others and then he accepted this leniency, really, three games. he'll be back for the bulk of the big ten seaso

allegations against zech smith involving courtney smith. >> i do believe he knew and instead, he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: speaking to watch stadium.com, smith filed multiple police reports including this one. the defendant grabbed the victim by her t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the victim is pregnant with the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with meyers wife shelley. nbc news has not verified those messages. >> she said she would talk to urban. i said that's fine. you should tell him. >> reporter: meyer who fired smith last week. >> i was never told about anything. >> reporter: says in a statement i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facility its completion. zech smith's attorney says he wants to be as transparent and honest as possible. smith has not been charged with a crime. under meyer's $7.6 million a year contract, he's required to report any violation of ohio state sexual misconduct policy. failure to do so could cost him his job. facing a blitz of pressure, ohio state's football coach si

have for courtney smith? >> well, i have a message for everyone involved in this. i'm sorry we're in this situation. >> reporter: on ohio state's football campus, meyer's support goes beyond strong. the national championship he led the buckeyes to in 2014 wraps him in something a little closer to invincible. >> i think most people think it should have been less. obviously there is a lot of bias here. >> reporter: but off the campus, meyer came in for a hammering today. >> you lied, period, done. >> urban meyer should have been fired. >> reporter: the university's own investigation was more restrained, but also critical of meyer. he has cast doubt on his own honesty, the report concluded. but in a clue as to why meyer was suspended and not fired, he clearly misspoke and made misstatements, but did not, in our view, deliberately lie. >>> the report had plenty that will fuel meyer's critics like this investigator's. quote, we also learned during the investigation that coach meyer has sometimes had significant memory issues in other situations where he had io events. jim >> jim axelro

he had. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> i have a message for everybody involved in this-- i'm sorry for the situation. >> reporter: on campus meyer's support goes beyond strong. the national championship he led the buckeyes to in 2014 wraps him in something a little closer to invincible. >> i think most people think it should have been less, but, obviously, there's a lot of bias here. >> reporter: but off the campus, meyer came in for a hammering today. >> you're a liar. you lied. period, done. >> urban meyer, should have been fired. >> reporter: the university's own investigation was more restrained, but also critical of styer. "he has cast doubt on his own honesty," the report concluded, but in a clue as to why meyer ons suspended and not fired, "he olearly misspoke and made misstatements, but did not, in our view, deliberately lie." the report had plenty that will fuel meyer's critics, like this to investigators, "we also learned during the investigation that coach meyer has sometimes had significant memory issues in other situations where he had prior extensi

interview available, courtney smith said the abuse began while smith was a assistance for meyer in florida. >> he picked me up b my shirt and threw me up against the wall > columbus affiliate reports urb you are meier and his wife counseled them during their marriage. will remain on leave until the investigation is complete. >>> new information about the missing university of iowa student whoent for a jog two weeks ago. investigators are hoping data from her fit bit may hold clues about wheres and for the first time, we are hearing from her boyfriend.as blake mccoy hhe latest. >> she's sweet, kind, extremely lovable. hard not to like her. >> 20-year-old dalton jack zr describing molly,isirlfriend of three years, who vanisheded without a trace more than three weeks ago. >> it was a shock, it gs harder. you miss her more than anythin in the world. >> overnight, hurricanes gathered for a vigil for the student her family believe he returned to the house jack shares with his brother a used the computer, but investigators remain tight lippeded on the >> do you believe she disappeared on

against courtney smith's ex-husband regrettably resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and the ohio state university. online, many ohio state fans defending the university's decision, but others saying that the punishment and meyer's mea culpa don't go far enough. >> meyer's first game back as head coach will be on september 22. for those keeping score, ohio state is ranked fifth by the associated press. some are also pointing out that the first half of the buckeye season is not the toughest competition. if there was time to be without your head coach, some say that is it. >>> more to come for you, including a look at the forecast. pleasant for those in the inland area. >> yeah, feels nice, but as the skies clear, but still have the hazy skies. as we check out the temperature trend for the rest of the afternoon in willow glen, we'll be in the mid-70s. that is cooler than normal, so we'll see more of this in the forecast. i'll have a look at you're microclimates and an update on hurricane lane coming up next gloop a missing savings account, forgotten rebate and los

vengeance against courtney smith's he ex-husband regrtably resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer and gene smith and at ohio state university. online, many fans defending the decision but others saying the punishment doesn't go far enough. >> and craig melvin reports that ban mirpyou are mire his first k will be against tune. >>> could medical marijuana sometime replace pain killers? >>> and a powerful hurricane is getting closer to thhawaii. damage the big island >>> right now hawaii is bracing for a category 4 hurricane. this is a look at the monster storm from the international space station. it shows y the massive size of hurricane lane. this storm is leaving nowhere o they idents to run, have to buckle down. shelters opened yesterday on the big island.ld the storm c dump up to 15 inches of rain, possiblywo feet of wear in sin some isolat. could be the strongest to hit the islands in northern 25 years. and unlike the folks in texasr florida who can drive a couple hundred miles out of the way, you can't do that hawaii. >> and i k it had been decades. and yes, 26 years sin

broke, when bret mcmurphy's reporting came forward, courtney smith shared photos and text messages that supported her allegations. now we're hearing a different version of events from zach smith. take a listen. >> anything that happened to her body was all just defensive movements to remove myself from the situation and that's it. i'm not going to get charged because i didn't do anything wrong. >> here it goes against the mountain of evidence that exists against him and it also draws attention to the fact that police made the university, the ohio state university aware of allegations against him. that leads me to believe there's a paper trail here, fred, a paper trail that could help build out a time line of who knew what and when and that is how urban meyer's fate as the coach of the football team will be determined and standing in the bigger picture for this university. >> but the fact that urban meyer does at least admit to knowing something to report, how much does this kind of muddy the waters in terms of how culpable he is? >> it does muddy the waters. he is trying to make su

meyer knew when the domestic assault and did nothing. >> courtney smith is telling people that for most of her marriage to zach smith, which ended three years ago, she was being abused and that she had let urban meyer, who was zach smith's boss and other people around the football programs that they both worked for know about those things in multiple times, in 2009 and 2015. she said to a reporter yesterday that urban meyer knew about those reports and didn't do anything to discipline zach smith or get in the way of finding a solution or what he did this summer, which was fire him. >> urban meyer was asked about this before courtney smith's interview and insisted he knew nothing about these recent allegations. zach smith's lawyer says he is not going to comment now, but when he testifies, the police will corroborate his story. his ex-wife says she has photos and texts that corroborate her claims. we will have more on "start here" this morning. >>> the catholic diocese in pennsylvania has published a list of priests and other church members accused of child sex abuse. 71 people were

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assistant coach. sack smith was fired last week rendered aio court protective order to courtney smith. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thanks so much. what began as a payment made to keep an alleged affair secret has now morphed into a bigger potential story involving the andident' personal lawyers allegation that the money use may have come from russian sources. we welcome now stephanie wefford, the woman -- welcome now the attorney for stephanie clifford, the woman who claims she was paid for the affair, michael avenatti. would you conclude as a lawyer that there's a reasonable ground to prosecute donald trump? i think there's more than a reasonable ground to prosecute donald trump. whether bob of is mueller concludes that you can indict a sitting president. legal scholars believe you cannot. many others believe you can. that is the million-dollar question, if you will. will bob mueller conclude that you can indict a sitting president? alix: if you co

that's it. i'm not going to get charged. >> reporter: nbc news reached out to courtney smith's attorney who says she has no comment at this time. zach goes on to defend coach urban meyer. >> he looked at me. i swear if i find out you hit her, you are done. you're fired. >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. i know nothing. >> reporter: meyer came under fire last week for that comment at the big ten press conference. forcing him to backtrack in a statement. quote, i have always followed proper reporting procedures. i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. my words in reply to the reporter or personnel issue must be clear and accurate. at big ten media day on july 24th, i failed on many of these fronts. meyer is on paid leave while ohio state let's an independent board investigate what he knew and what he did about it. >> if he loses his job. it is flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be a crime. >> reporter: osu's star coach sidelined. its big money football program in limbo. for "today," blake mccoy, nbc news. >>> ten months af

, courtney smith says the abuse began while smith was a grad assistant for urban meyer in florida back in 2009. >> he picked me up by my shirt and threw me up against the wall. ys>> a columbus affiliate that meyer helped counsel them during their marriage. meyer will remain on leave until thenvestigation is complete. >>> heart-stopping new video of what some are calling the miracle in mexico. a plane was plunging to the ground and burst into flames and everybody made it out alive. we're going to see whatas happening inside the cabin of that plane as it went down. this may be disturbing for some folks. this an a flight that had just taken off in bad weather. a passenger onboard recorded the moment the plane started its freefall.u listen closely, you can hear babies crying, passengers screaming, everybody just terrified for their ere. the plane smacked into the ground, bellydown, just beyond the runway. more than 100 people, inclcring th, had just seconds to escapet before the jerst into flames. there was one passenger who spoke to the "today" show about the impact. >>e were bracing for

little room for debate whether courtney smith was a victim of domestic violence. there were text messages and photos to support her claims. now zach smith is speaking out for the first time with a very different version of events. >> anything that happened to her body was all just defensive movements to remove myself to the situation and that's it. i'm not going to get charged because i didn't do anything wrong. >> his denial goes against the mountain of evidence against him but it also brings to light the fact that the police made the university, made the ohio state university aware of the allegations against him. what you can imagine, christi and martin, is that there is a paper trail that builds a time line to help us understand who knew what and when. >> yeah. there's still a lot more we need to know in this story. no doubt, an incredible, incredible fall from grace for this coach for the time being. we'll see how it plays out. kaylee hartung, thank you. >> thank you. >>> so the tsa is considering eliminating security screenings among other things at more than 150 small and m

far less prepared ex-wife courtney smith gave an interview discussing the conversation that she had with urban meyer's wife back in 2015. >> she was going to have to tell her. i said that's fine. you should tell her then. we can't have somebody like this coaching young man. >> smith said i do believe he knew and dad chose to help the abuser and enable the abuser and believe whatever stories back was telling everybody. so, the story continues his former assistant coach zak smith is out. meyer on paid administrative leave in the ohio state squad will be coached by ryan day. you can catch this entire interview at watch stadium.com. time to watch football again. nfl football for the first game of the preseason. hall of fame ceremony is so nice it is between the bears and the baltimore ravens. early this year we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the baseball classic for sandlot. >> that he was signed by babe ruth. >> yes, yes. you keep telling me that. who is she? >> what? what? >> the details are slammed or you could say smalls, but the sandlot will be getting a pre-coil currently in d

coach urban meyer that shows her bruised and bleeding and pleading for help. courtney smith says she told coach meyer's wife shelly about the abuse. >> i told shelly. i sent her some pictures. i spoke to her on the phone. she was going to have to tell urban. i said that is fine. you should tell him. >> did she come back to you and tell you that she did tell urban? >> she did not. she did not. she would reach out to me, ask me how i'm doing, tell me she was worried that if i needed anything she was there, asked me if i had a protective order. >> reporter: college football fans reacting to the news. >> the issue goes beyond sports. it's not just about football. >> reporter: coach meyer issued a statement that reads in part i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. i eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter. he addressed the charges last week after the firing of the assistant coach. >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. so i know nothing about it. >> all these people have all this information yet urban

.. never even said her name: courtney smith. infact when asked what he had to say to her he twice said quote: "i'm just sorry we're in this situation."in what situation.. that you have to miss a couple games and still make 7 million dollars? or the situation where sports programs continue to put winning before the health and safety of women. ( darya ) ben affleck's personal struggles have become very public.. he's all over the headlines.. for a wild week of drinking and partying with a 22 year old playboy model. they say his ex jennifer garner showed up to his house with a bible and a lawyer and begged him to get help. then she pesonally drove him to rehab. he's at a live-in facility in malibu. ( darya )it's the most hyped pay per view since the mayweather-paquao fight... "the match" tiger versus phil. the place: las vegas the date: november 23rd. the purse: 9 million. it's being billed as the most exciting golf match ever because they're going to be mic'd up and the fans won't be roped off.. but unless they actually take a swing at each other.. i don't see why this is going to be any

football coach urban meyer apologized to alleged domestic abuse victim courtney smith. ohio state suspended meyer for three games for mishandling of allegations against smith's former husband, athletic director gene smith. meyer faced sharp criticism when he failed to apologize directly to courtney smith at a news conference on wednesday. last night on twitter he apologized to her and her children for his, quote, lack of more action. >>> cleveland.com rorpts republican troy balderson officially won the closely watched special election for hoir's 12th congressional district. the state senator defeated democrat danny o'connor by less than 1 percentage point. president trump endorsed balderson in the race. he will only serve nine weeks before facing o'connor again in the november 6th general election. >>> and cbs affiliate wfsb in hartford, connecticut, reports two connecticut brothers spent you are four decades looking for a long lost sister and they found her. doug and paul barns learned that their sister had been given up for adoption in 1951 before they were born. their mother wa

weeks ago when zach smith's e wife courtney said smith assaulted her multiple ti she says she shared photos of her injuries with urban meyer's wife shelley. >> she was going to have to tell urban. iaid fine. you should tell urban. >> coach meyer fired zach smith last month. smith who has never been charged with domestic t abuse talked espn earlier this month. he says he never hit his wife and defends his formerboss. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. >> zach smith's attorney released a statement after wednesday night's dision that reads vengeance against courtney smith's ex-husband resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and t ohio state university. many ohio state fans defending the university's decision but hers saying the punishment and meyer don't go far enough.me r's first game back would be on september 22nd. that's when the buckeyes take on tula. ohio state ranked number five by the associated press. eome are also pulling out the first half of buckeye season is not the toughest competition. if there was a time to be without youread coach, some might say

coach zack smith involving ex-wife courtney smith. >> i do believe he knew and instead he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: speaking to watch stadium.com, smith filed multiple police reports including this one, the defendan grabbed the victim by her t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the bedroom wall. the was pregnant with the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with myers's wife shelly. nbc news has not verified those messages. >> she thoughthe was going to have to tell urban. i said that's fine. you know? you should tell urban. >> meyer who fired smith last . we >> i was never told about anything, says in a statement, i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. ck smith's attorney says he want to be as honest as possible. smith has not been charged with a crime. under meyer's $7.6 million a year contract,eq he'sred to report any violation of ohio state's sexual misconduct policy. failure to doo could cost him his job. >> facing a blitz ofpressure, ohioe' stat football coach sideline miguel ,almagu nbc news. >>> nex

violent with his now ex-wife courtney smith in 2015. she claims meyer and the football program knew about the abuse and failed to stop it. zach smith was fired july 23rd. >> i follow my heart, not my head. i fell short of pursuing full information because at each juncture, i gave him the benefit of the doubt. i should have done more and i am sorry for that. >> reporter: coach meyer said he was initially unaware of the abuse but retracted his denial, saying he followed proper reporting protocols and procedures, adding he was not trying to cover for smith. >> i was not being as completely accurate as i should have been that day and afterward. but there was no intent to mislead. >> reporter: meyer isn't the only one benched. gene smith, the school's athletic director, has also been suspended without pay from august 31st through september 16th. >> reporter: ohio state football is ranked number five in a preseason poll. it remains to be seen how the team will perform without their famed head coach for three games. in new york, jack callahan, fox news. >>> coming up, modern technology bri

days but after smith's ex-wife courtney smith told the same yum she believed meyer knew about it, meyer said he'd been inadequately prepared to discuss the issue and that he looked forward to answering questions for the independent investigators. meyer is currently on administrative leave while the investigation into what he knew about the abuse allegations and how he handled them continues. the school says it expects the investigation to wrap up sunday. there are many ways to stay cool on a hot summer day. marlins coach perry hill's strategy apparently is wet lettuce. check it out. he puts it in his helmet. that's old school. apparently pete rose used to do that black in the day and my question is how many times do you think he has to change that out during a game because i wonder what it looks like after a long inning out there on the field in the heat. that's perry hill. >> uncle to erica hill. >> no relation. no relation. that's not the lettuce we use in lettuce wrap in my house. >> salty. >> did you say salty? andy scholes, that was awesome. andy, thanks so much. >>> just ah